Anchor Marco Werman speaks with documentary filmmaker Roberta Grossman about her latest work, "Blessed is the Match." The film tells the story of Hannah Senesh who was part of a failed mission to evacuate Jews out of Nazi-occupied Europe.

Today's answer is the south-eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It's home to India's first rural, all-women's community radio station. The BBC's Tinku Ray profiles the women who launched Sangham Radio.

Today's Global Hit focuses on a legal tangle over musical copyright infringement. Musician Manu Dibango from Cameroon is suing Michael Jackson and Rihanna for using one of his compositions without his permission.

Today on The World: How the surge in US unemployment affects economies overseas; One journalist's experience reporting in Sudan until she was told to leave; And a food critic samples the British military's new rations for the troops.

The latest figures from the Labor Department show a rise in unemployment, after nearly 600,000 people lost their jobs in January. The ripple effects are being felt overseas. The World's Laura Lynch reports from London.

Global economic crisis

More bad news for the auto industry, and this time it's not coming only from Detroit. Even the mighty Toyota is suffering from plummeting sales, as The World's Jason Margolis explains.

The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia used to be a cheap tourist destination for many Europeans. But the economic downturn has hurt the tourist trade, forcing at least one hotel to turn to another of Estonia's strengths -- information technology -- to cut costs. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Cyrus Farivar, author of a forthcoming book called "The Internet of Elsewhere."

Abdul-Aziz SachedinaIran is marking the 30th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution -- which was led by Ayatollah Khomeini. Before the revolution, the Ayatollah was in exile and able to communicate with others through a secret messenger. That man was Abdul-Aziz Sachedina. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Sachedina about that time of turmoil in Iran.

The United States and Iran (2004 series)

Anchor Marco Werman tells us about Jorge Serguera, the man responsible for banning The Beatles from the airwaves in 1960's Cuba.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with journalist Heba Aly, one of the few foreign journalists allowed to report from inside Sudan...until now. She was just told to leave the country. The International Criminal Court is deciding whether to charge Sudan's president with war crimes, and his government has launched a massive security crackdown.